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Two nurses wearing green scrubs lean their backs against a glass cabinet containing medical supplies.
The film screened on Oct. 11 at the Aero Theatre, with a Q&A immediately following with director Tobias Lindholm, co-stars Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne, and the real life nurse Chastain portrays in the film, Amy Loughren.
A group of over 60 poets line up in three rows for a group photograph in a high ceiling public library. The floor beneath them is granite tiling arranged in geometric shapes. Above, is a mural.
There's an incredible geographic, cultural and even philosophical diversity in the Los Angeles poetry community. Over 60 poets gathered at "A Day of Poetry in LA" to honor and celebrates these differences.
Jerry Lee Lewis, Art Laboe, concertgoers at El Monte Legion Stadium ca. 1957 | Courtesy of Art Laboe Archives
Southern California radio pioneer Art Laboe spent seven decades behind a microphone, brought rock 'n roll to the West Coast and coined the phrase "Oldies but Goodies." The radio legend is credited with pioneering industry standards such as audience requests and song dedications, and he is believed to be the first DJ to play rock 'n roll tunes on Los Angeles radio.
 One of many windows with views into the Orange County Museum of Art designed by Morphosis Architects.
Founded in 1962 as Balboa Pavilion Gallery, the Orange County Museum of Art now finds itself starting a new chapter with a new building and five inaugural exhibitions on deck. Here's the lowdown on the celebratory events.
Loretta Lynn sings into a microphone while standing on stage
Country music superstar Loretta Lynn, whose life story was portrayed in the film 'Coal Miner's Daughter,' died this week at age 90. The legacy she leaves behind includes her hit songs — and the stories she conveyed about women's rights, including the use of birth control.
A collection of "Love and Rockets" comic books in boxes.
"Love & Rockets" is celebrating its 40th anniversary, but it began with a trio of brothers from Oxnard.
An older man points out of the camera while leaning close to a younger man. They both have eyeglasses on.
In the fall of 1963, the bucolic, tradition-bound city of Pasadena became unlikely host to the most radical artist of the 20th century: Marcel Duchamp.
A video camera with a pink light in the background
Meet this year's line-up of mentors for KCET's "Fine Cut." Mentors will meet with semi-finalists and finalists for one of three virtual workshop events.
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"Fred Eversley: Reflecting Back (the World)" will take visitors on a journey through Eversley's practice, zooming in on his explorations of material and color via his trove of parabolic lenses.
A high view of the terra cotta-clad exterior of the Orange County Museum of Art
The new Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in Costa Mesa, California opens on October 8, 2022 with five new exhibitions, including "California Biennial" and "13 Women."
A wide black and white photo of city streets, the main focus of the photo being a multi-story office building with signage across the roof that reads, "Mobiloil" and "Mobilgas."
About 100 years ago, Los Angeles produced about 20% of the world's oil. These downtown buildings are part of the larger story of how the oil industry significantly transformed Los Angeles' built environment.
Two young girls with a side braid that runs down one shoulder are seated at outdoor elementary school tables. Each girl has a lunchbox and orange water bottle in front of them. The girl on the left, has "Jane" written on the lunchbox while the girl on the right has "Amelia" written on the lunchbox.
Luke and Ethan Montgomery, twin brothers and film students at Biola University, not only wrote and directed the short film 'Amelia (the Twin)' — they built the motion-control camera rig that made it possible.
A black and white photo of a Black man and woman dressed in Victorian-era costuming holding hands and kissing in front of a plain solid color cloth backdrop.
"Something Good – Negro Kiss," is a recently rediscovered 1898 silent short film featuring the earliest on-screen kiss between Black actors. Its recent rediscovery begs the question — what other lost pieces of Black film history could be out there, waiting to be found?
Fine Cut background image with a mosaic of different films.
Here are the top prize winners for "Fine Cut Festival of Films" in 2022.
USC’s Afton Quast Saler, USC’s Kay Niuyue Zhang, UCLA’s Myra Aquino and Cal Arts student Adam Musa Othman accept their awards at KCET’s FINE CUT Festival of Films at The Montalbán Theatre on September 15, 2022.
Four regional student filmmakers will speak about their winning films during the largest international cinema event in Southern California.
A contact sheet set against a black background. There are five portraits on each column, all of which are black and white. The images are multiple exposure, overlaying images of people in Indigenous regalia over Mexican American portraits.
For over three decades, photographer Christina Fernandez used her work as a way to explore immigration, labor, gender and her Mexican American identity with her layered images.
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